Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs in bid to lower costs

The salaried worker cuts represent about 6% of a 31,000 workforce in the U.S. and Canada. Ford’s 56,000 union factory workers are not affected.

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is cutting about 3,000 white-collar jobs as it attempts to lower costs and make the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles.

Leaders of the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker made the announcement Monday in a companywide email, saying that 2,000 full-time salaried workers would be let go along with another 1,000 contract workers.

The cuts represent about 6% of the 31,000 full-time salaried work force in the U.S. and Canada. Ford’s 56,000 union factory workers are

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